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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country

Labour force participation in Canada

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 8 of 41 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Canada

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

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Latest value · 2025 64.5% −0.2 pp since 2024
Countries · 2025 8 of 41 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −1.4 pp
vs World +3.5 pp World: 61.0% · 2025
Labour force participation, 1990 – 2025 percent · Canada · World
−1.4 pp since 2015
Canada World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Labour force participation · percent
Canada
64.5%
World
61.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Canada · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 64.5% · 2025
First value 66.8% · 1990
Highest 67.3% · 2008
Lowest 64.1% · 2020
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCanadaChange World
2025 64.5% −0.2 pp 61.0%
2024 64.7% −0.6 pp 61.1%
2023 65.4% +0.1 pp 61.2%
2022 65.2% +0.1 pp 60.7%
2021 65.2% +1.1 pp 60.4%
2020 64.1% −1.7 pp 59.6%
2019 65.8% +0.3 pp 61.0%
2018 65.5% −0.2 pp 61.2%
2017 65.8% +0.2 pp 61.3%
2016 65.6% −0.2 pp 61.5%
2015 65.9% −0.1 pp 61.6%
2014 66.0% −0.5 pp 61.8%
2013 66.5% −0.0 pp 62.0%
2012 66.6% −0.0 pp 62.2%
2011 66.6% −0.1 pp 62.4%
2010 66.7% −0.2 pp 62.6%
2009 67.0% −0.3 pp 62.8%
2008 67.3% +0.2 pp 63.1%
2007 67.1% +0.3 pp 63.4%
2006 66.8% +0.1 pp 63.5%
2005 66.7% −0.3 pp 63.8%
2004 67.1% −0.1 pp 63.8%
2003 67.1% +0.7 pp 63.9%
2002 66.4% +1.0 pp 64.1%
2001 65.4% +0.1 pp 64.2%
2000 65.3% +0.2 pp 64.4%
1999 65.1% +0.4 pp 64.6%
1998 64.7% +0.2 pp 64.5%
1997 64.4% +0.2 pp 64.7%
1996 64.2% −0.2 pp 64.7%
1995 64.4% −0.3 pp 64.8%
1994 64.8% −0.2 pp 65.0%
1993 64.9% −0.4 pp 65.0%
1992 65.3% −0.9 pp 65.3%
1991 66.2% −0.5 pp 65.4%
1990 66.8% 65.5%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force participation
1 Liberia 76.9%
2 Congo - Brazzaville 68.1%
3 China 67.8%
4 Indonesia 67.7%
5 Ecuador 66.7%
6 Honduras 66.5%
7 Netherlands 66.4%
8 Norway 65.9%
9 Canada 65.5%
10 Colombia 65.2%
11 Congo - Kinshasa 64.5%
12 Brazil 64.5%
13 Chile 63.2%
14 South Korea 62.8%
15 United Kingdom 62.6%
16 United States 62.6%
17 Russia 62.4%
18 Lithuania 61.5%
19 Germany 60.9%
20 Hong Kong SAR China 60.6%
21 Mexico 60.4%
22 Czechia 60.4%
23 Argentina 59.6%
24 Saudi Arabia 59.4%
25 Finland 59.3%
26 Philippines 59.0%
27 Bangladesh 58.9%
28 Spain 57.6%
29 Poland 57.5%
30 Bulgaria 55.3%
31 France 55.3%
32 Sierra Leone 53.9%
33 Türkiye 53.2%
34 India 52.5%
35 Romania 51.8%
36 Gabon 51.3%
37 Greece 50.8%
38 Italy 49.6%
39 Lebanon 48.4%
40 Egypt 43.3%
41 Algeria 42.3%
42 Yemen 32.6%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

What it means

The share of adults who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed people aged 15 and over (16 in the US) divided by the population of that age.